8. Make a short arrangement
Make a simple arrangement by creating a sixteen-bar loop of the elements in your track. The first section will be the intro. For the first eight bars, mute the snare, clap, closed hi-hat and the main hook. Only the kick, top loop, and bass should play.
For bars 9 – 17, try adding the snare, clap, and closed hi-hat. Let’s refer to the next eight bars (17–25) as the construction section. During this section, bring in all the parts. Bars 25–33 will be the breakdown, so cut this part down to the kick, top loop, and the main hook. Bars 33–49 will be the drop, and you’ll want to have all of your tracks playing in this section.
Label the sections of your track by creating a new MIDI track with blank MIDI files that are eight or sixteen bars in length and name each section accordingly.
